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NYC Expands Search For 9/11 Remains To Roads, Rooftops
NEW YORK -- The city expanded its search for human remains Friday to a larger stretch of road at the World Trade Center site and several nearby streets, buildings and rooftops that officials say may have been missed in the post-Sept. 11 cleanup.
Hacker targets iPod, iTunes
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A hacker known for cracking the copy-protection technology in DVDs claims to have unlocked the playback restrictions of Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod and iTunes music products and plans to license his code to others.
Feeding frenzy
The great white shark in captivity at the Monterey Bay Aquarium is eating and swimming and getting along fine with his marine brethren as he approaches his 50th day.
Wounded seal pup gaining weight and healing after ordeal
The wounded seal pup found last month in a van along with a pit bull continues to recuperate at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, and the staff says they still hope to return her to the wild once she has fully recovered from her ordeal.
Aquarium gets go-ahead for Wgtn coast
Wellington City Council announced today that Wellington Marine Conservation Trust's marine education centre proposed for Te Raekaihau Pt on the south coast has just been granted consent, more than seven years after the concept was first floated by marine ...
Oregon Coast Aquarium Releases Rehabbed Murres (AP)
The Oregon Coast Aquarium released seven common murres Wednesday, Oct. 18 after having been rehabilitated by aquarium aviculturists.
50 Interesting Science Facts
If you knew that 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment, this might not be the list for. For the rest us, this can be an interesting read.
Little shark helps pierce great white mystery
The great white shark is one of the oceans' greatest predators, an animal feared by man and fish alike, an object of public fascination even before that campy hit movie Jaws.
Russia Plans Floating Nuke Plant, Thousands of Fish Protest
It won't be ready till 2010, but Russian nuclear energy company Rosenergoatom is planning to build a $200-million mobile plant to bring electricity to the hard-to-reach territories near the White Sea. The football field-size barge will have two reactors and be launched/floated toward a port near the mainland where it'd be connected to power lines and bring electricity to potentially 200,000 people.
Pa. company involved in tangled ocean treasure recovery
NEWTOWN, Pa. - In one corner there's Canada, whose waters shelter the shipwreck. In another is Great Britain, which claims the site contains one of its warships from the 1800s.
Volunteer Divers Sought at Oregon Coast Aquarium
(Newport, Oregon) – Here’s a chance to dive into your work.
Congress acts to clean up the ocean
A garbage patch in the Pacific is double the size of Texas. The president is likely to sign the cleanup law.
Seal rescued in Charlestown to return to the sea
After receiving care and medical help for nearly seven weeks, a juvenile hooded seal will be returned to the wild at 10 this morning at Blue Shutters Beach in Charlestown.
Shark chases surfers out of ocean
JOHANNESBURG - Organisers of the Kahuna Surf Series contest in Muizenberg, Cape Town, had to temporarily halt the event due to a Great White shark lurking in the waters.
